The leadership moment: nine true stories of triumph and disaster and their lessons for us all

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Introduction: the leadership moment -- Roy Vagelos attacks river blindness -- Wagner Dodge retreats in Mann Gulch -- Eugene Kranz returns Apollo 13 to Earth -- Arlene Blum ascends Annapurna -- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain defends Little Round Top -- Clifton Wharton restructures TIAA-CREF -- John Gutfreund loses Salomon Inc. -- Nancy Barry builds Women's World Banking -- Alfredo Cristiani ends El Salvador's civil war -- Conclusion: vision plus action -- A leader's guide.;Are you ready for the leadership moment' Merck's Roy Vagelos commits millions of dollars to develop a drug needed only by people who can't afford it ' Eugene Kranz struggles to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts home after an explosion rips through their spacecraft ' Arlene Blum organizes the first women's ascent of one of the world's most dangerous mountains ' Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain leads his tattered troops into a pivotal Civil War battle at Little Round Top ' John Gutfreund loses Salomon Brothers when his inattention to a trading scandal almost topples the Wall Street giant ' Clifton Wharton restructures a $50 billion pension system direly out of touch with its customers ' Alfredo Cristiani transforms El Salvador's decade-long civil war into a negotiated settlement ' Nancy Barry leads Women's World Banking in the fight against Third World poverty ' Wagner Dodge faces the decision of a lifetime as a fast-moving forest fire overtakes his firefighting crew From the Trade Paperback edition.